Clean Energy Design Group is a local solar developer with hundreds of installations in Illinois.  They provide turnkey services including: design, analysis, construction, operation, and maintenance. Their clients include school districts, municipalities, hospitals, non-profit organizations, and businesses.

Mission Energy serves the nonprofit market nationwide, providing time, expertise, and resources to analyze, fund, and build commercial solar projects on properties and land owned by nonprofit organizations. Founded in 2019 on the heels of developing the largest solar ground array ever built in Washington DC[JR1]  on behalf of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington DC, Mission Energy is full service, turn-key solar developer. Mission Energy devotes their time and expertise needed to understand, analyze, and help clients make fully informed decisions to transition to a cleaner energy economy and receive the economic, environmental and social benefits that transition entails.  By securing the necessary third-party capital to build solar installations on behalf of their clients, Mission Energy strives to achieve clean energy goals while at the same time minimizing capital outlays required of them, thus preserving their capital resources in service of their mission.

National Solar Energy (NSE) is dedicated to helping Illinois save energy and “go green” by providing creative and affordable alternative energy (Solar) solutions! NSE has the expertise to install both residential and commercial systems. Founder and CEO, William Kerstein, has worked in the deregulation side of energy savings for over nine years and Co-Founder & Project Manager, Dan Seiler has over 20 years of alternative energy installation and experience.

Renewable Energy Strategies and Solutions (RESS) is an MWBE renewable energy company focused on empowering communities through workforce development and project development. RESS works with community stakeholders to train a pipeline of workers for the growing renewable energy industry to develop a pathway from training to a career path. By developing projects, RESS understands the skills required for the marketplace and hence develop programs suitable for the trainees. RESS has twenty years of broad experience in Community and Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Energy Assessment, Engineering, Project Development and Management, Financial Analysis, and Workforce Development. This enables RESS to create value for their customers.

548 Development is a MWBE certified full-service development and construction company working exclusively with contractors within a community to ensure a long-term return on investment in the area. This allows 548 Development to have a multi-faceted impact on the communities that they invest in — delivering renewable energy technology to communities that have been historically left out of this advancement and empowering minority business owners to grow alongside their community.

Centrica Business Solutions delivers integrated energy solutions for businesses and other large energy users, combining distributed energy technologies and a variety of commercial options to improve performance and cost management, drive decarbonization, strengthen resilience, and create opportunities for growth. At Centrica Business Solutions, every solar installation is customized to their customer’s business needs – optimizing the return on their investment. They have extensive experience in designing and engineering custom solar solutions that maximize energy production and deliver savings. Centrica’s knowledgeable experts have an accomplished track record in the industry. Their expertise in solar and the wider energy market – combined with their scale and financial strength – provide bankable solar solutions.

EnPower Solutions bring long-term quality and operational focus to commercial solar projects. EnPower partners with K-12 school systems, colleges, municipalities, and healthcare facilities for solar and energy storage power purchase agreements and strives to reduce utility costs and carbon footprint. The EnPower team was founded by utility-scale solar experts to bring high-standards of engineering design, equipment selection, and construction directly to institutions who shape and support local communities. In addition to their solar and energy storage projects, they aim to become community stewards and provide additional enrichment, contracting, and learning opportunities for students and local labor contractors. EnPower believes in local power for the local good.

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VLV Development is a full-service development company serving most of the US and Puerto Rico. VLV builds, owns, operates, and finances clean energy infrastructure assets. They create jobs and advocate for market-driven solutions to climate change. VLV has successfully financed and developed 1.5 MWs of solar on behalf of, utilities, colleges, churches and housing portfolio owners. VLV recently completed the 1.1 MW PV Solar component for the Bronzeville Community Microgrid, a project that tests the concept of the Nation’s first Utility operated microgrid clusters, or a ‘grid of microgrids’. VLV also owns and operates a portfolio of clean energy projects in the City of Chicago. VLV is invested in designing solutions that work in Chicago and the State of Illinois. The team is comprised of native Chicagoans, Blacks, Latinos, veterans and other diverse experts. VLV considers themselves equal parts thought leader and developer, distilling their vision into tangible economic benefits for themselves and their clients.

CC Solar was founded by Mr. Martel Richardson a graduate from ComEd Construct Program. Mr. Richardson also founded Clean Community, a non-profit organization focused on improving health, environmental conditions, education, and law enforcement relations in local communities.  Under the guidance of the Clean Community Board of Directors, the CC Solar team aims to become the preferred company for rooftop/ground solar installations for the residents and businesses of the State of Illinois. Alongside other ComEd Construct Program graduates, Mr. Richardson has built an experienced team of professionals eager to bring the benefits of solar power to local communities in the greater Chicago area.

RPG Energy Group comes from a diverse and experienced background within the renewables and construction industry with over 100 years of combined design team and construction experience. We strive to educate our partners and clients on how they can efficiently reduce their electricity spend through clean distributed generation technologies. RPG Energy Group offers a full turn-key solution from schematic design and engineering through final construction and system monitoring. Please reach out today to hear about our experience in the North East, North West, Cook County, and East Central regions of Illinois, as well as our current projects located within the ComEd and Ameren utility territories.